New Orleans I didn’t listen to President Obama’s 2nd inaugural speech. I’m just sick to death of hearing him talk, talk, talk all of the time talking. But, I read the speech, and I’m heartened. Finally, this is a President for me at least right now, this minute, who is saying he is sick of …
Month: January 2013
New York Times Whitewashes Comcast; Is Connect2Compete a Ghost PR Program?
New Orleans In an amazingly shallow, puff piece that might almost have come out of the Comcast marketing and public relations department, “Mixed Response to Comcast in Expanding Net Access” by Amy Chozick about the only dark spot in this incredible whitewash. Comcast set up shop in Chicago in May 2011, a few months after its …
Short Courses from Top Economists on Financial Collapse & Inequality
New Orleans How about “economics for idiots” for all of us out there who might have trouble remembering what we have learned from the Great Recession as well as the Bush “build the rich” program of recent years? Thanks to the Times we have this today in easy to access fashion. Here’s Alan …